Since China's arduous revolution began in the early twentieth century, the strength of the people's ranks has gradually grown stronger. By the time of the War of Liberation, our country had formed several very large group armies. Among them, the Fourth Field Army of the People's Liberation Army is the leader and made great contributions during the War of Liberation.
Correspondingly, the senior generals who lead the four fields are the backbone of this iron army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were awarded organizational titles one after another. This is the honor they deserve. However, not all generals in the four fields who have received this honor have a bright future.
There is such a general. He is a first-class general in all fields. He was even named the founding general at the conferment ceremony after the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, the general's position has not been high in his subsequent career. Why is this? Who is this general? What is his experience? Let’s find out together today.
A general born in poverty
This legendary senior general in the field is General Li Tianyou. Li Tianyou's ancestral home is Lingui County, Guangxi. He was born at the beginning of the last century, a time when warlords were separatist and society was dark. Although people were poor in that era, they always gave birth to many children. Li Tianyou was the third eldest child in the family, with a total of five brothers and sisters.
When he was a little older, Li Tianyou was sent to a private school by his parents. At that time, Li Tianyou felt that he would definitely be able to continue going to school. However, family finances did not allow Li Tianyou to continue his education, and he was forced to drop out of school after two years of study.
As he grew older, Li Tianyou also understood how difficult it was for his parents. From then on, he had to help the family make a living. My parents are skilled in making bamboo utensils, and they usually sell these items to make ends meet. At the beginning, Li Tianyou did the same thing.
After that, the parents felt that it would be better for the child to try more jobs, so he was assigned to a rice noodle shop and worked as an apprentice to support the family. However, apprentices in the old society were basically free labor, and there were no human rights.
Li Tianyou, who was born rebellious, couldn't stand such days at all. As time passed, he came up with the idea of leaving his hometown. In 1928, 14-year-old Li Tianyou saw the shadow of the revolutionary team, and he finally knew where he should go. The young Li Tianyou immediately joined the revolutionary ranks and joined the party the following year due to his outstanding performance.
Since then, Li Tianyou has been running around on various battlefields, and made great achievements for the motherland during the Revolutionary War and the Liberation War. In terms of his revolutionary qualifications, he should have more long-term development after the founding of new China. However, after the conferment ceremony, Li Tianyou's future was not as good as people imagined.
The reason why Li Tianyou was not promoted
To explain clearly the reason, we have to go back to when Li Tianyou was seventeen years old. Although he is still underage, he has already become the company commander of a machine gun company in our army because of his excellent combat capabilities. He became the company commander of an elite unit at the age of seventeen. Such a resume is rare in the entire army and even in the world.
Li Tianyou came from a poor family, and he had long seen the reactionaries' bullying of his relatives. Therefore, after joining the army, Li Tianyou always worked hard to complete combat missions and was at the forefront of every charge. When reached the Anti-Japanese War period, Li Tianyou devoted all his energy to deal with the Japanese invaders.
However, because of his desperate fighting methods, he was repeatedly injured in the battles with the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. As a result, one time his injury was too serious and he was unable to participate in the next battle. When the organization saw that Li Tianyou was seriously injured, they directly sent him to Soviet to recuperate.
Such a decision is really difficult for a soldier who is eager to serve his country. Not long after arriving in the Soviet Union, Li Tianyou couldn't stand it anymore. According to his plan, he should return to China immediately. However, the Patriotic War broke out in the Soviet Union at that time. There was no way, and his trip was delayed for another two years.
When he finally returned to China, the War of Resistance Against Japan was coming to an end. Originally, such a strong general should have become a feared opponent of the Japanese army. By chance, this was missing from Li Tianyou's credit book. After that, he joined the massive liberation war.
It was during the Liberation War that Li Tianyou's combat situation and command ability took a 180-degree turn, which directly affected his future promotion. Let’s look down slowly at .
During the War of Liberation, the organization sent Li Tianyou to the Northeast to serve as the commander of the Harbin Garrison District. At that time, banditry was rampant in the area, and he took charge of the task of exterminating the bandits. At that time, Li Tianyou had not lost his original style, and he did an outstanding job in suppressing bandits.
After
, Li Tianyou commanded the main force that liberated Tianjin. This battle can be regarded as the last good battle Li Tianyou fought. Within two days of , Li Tianyou teamed up with General Deng Hua to fully liberate Tianjin. In this way, Li Tianyou maintained his determination to win if he dared to fight, which lasted until the founding of New China.
After that, Li Tianyou served as deputy commander of a certain unit of the Guangxi Military Region. At that time, he was still responsible for the task of suppressing bandits. However, from then on, Li Tianyou's command ability slowly began to decline. The most obvious thing is that every war is fought in a very sticky manner, which is not at all in line with his usual style.
The final reason why he was not promoted
After the suppression of bandits, Li Tianyou's commanding ability was not as good as each other in various wars. Not only did the battle lines become long and the results were poor, but large and small command errors began to occur. What’s more serious is that Li Tianyou did not even participate in the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
You must know that these two wars were the largest overseas wars since the founding of the People's Republic of China. is closely related to the growth and promotion of a commander. What's terrible is that it was precisely because he spent so much energy in Guangxi that he had no chance to fight in North Korea. Since then, Li Tianyou missed many promotion opportunities, and the commander of the military region even missed him. Sadly, this iron-blooded general finally died of illness at the age of fifty-six, bringing his life to an end.
We don’t know what Li Tianyou’s comrades thought of him later. However, a general with such great achievements during the revolutionary period had no outstanding achievements after the founding of New China, which would make everyone sigh.
Conclusion
The man has passed away. We cannot and are not qualified to judge Li Tianyou’s subsequent life path. It might be better. But these are not important anymore. No matter what, we must not forget the contributions that revolutionary martyrs like Li Tianyou made to our happy life today. We will always remember them!
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